With 2 pre-schoolers and 1 toddler there is no shortage of repetition around this house! Let's think about the approximate number of time that I say the following throughout the day:
Eat your breakfast: 16
Brush your teeth...top & bottom and the backs: 9
Here, let me brush your teeth for a bit: 4
Time to get dressed: 3
Let me comb your hair: 5
Seriously, come here and let me comb your hair: 7
Remember to flush: 8
Remember to wash your hands: 11
WITH SOAP: 4
Stop sitting on your sister's head: 6
Eat your lunch: 13
Pick up your cup: 10
Stop pushing your sister: 8
Riley, PULL UP YOUR PANTS: 4
Let's pick up some toys around here: 15
Eat your dinner: 18
Remember to share: 4
Sometimes when I feel like I've been beating my head against the wall all day and nobody listens to me, EVER, I just have to think of the repetition I get from the girls.....
Look what I made for you: 5
This is my best day: 3
Come snuggie me Mommy: 4
I did it all by myself: 7
Please Mommy: 15
Thank you Mommy: 19
Mommy you are my best friend: 6
Mommy I love you: 22
Let's hope someday some of the things I say will sink in. The girls will make it to school with combed hair, remember to wash their hands, have clean teeth and remember to share. Until then, I am proud of all the things they have learned. To say "please" and "thank you". Being proud of things they accomplish all by themselves. To know who their friends are. And that no matter what, love is the best!
I truly understand the feeling of not being heard, EVER! Goes with the territory. However, you nailed it on the head with "I did it all by myself"...afterall, that's what your job is all about! Raising people...not just kids! You do an AWESOME job! (I was a little jealous that you only had to say "Get dressed" 3 times! hee hee)
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